"Those who understand history are condemned to watch other idiots repeat it."Peter Lamborn Wilson

"Somebody saidnot Tim Leary, "LSD is a
psychedelic drug which occasionally causes psychotic behavior in people
who have not taken it." Now a lot of drugs are like
that, and we have a lot of psychotic people running around who have been
driven mad by drugs they never took. But what they did take was your
civil rights, your freedom to guide your own life, and your right to
make your own decisions. This kind of thing is intolerable. If there is
an iota of possibility that these substances enhance
consciousness - and remember, they used to be called "consciousness
expanding" drugs (just a straight phenomenological description) - if
there's an iota of possibility that they augment consciousness, then we
have to put the pedal to the metal in this matter. Because it is the
absence of consciousness that is pushing us toward extinction, that is
causing us to loot our children's future, that is causing us to accept
the elimination of thousands of species per month without pouring into
the streets to loot and smash the institutions of those who allow these
kinds of atrocities to go forward. I think the era of politeness has
gone on just about long enough and there's going to have to come a
moment where people stand up and are counted. We have seen our freedom
taken away, we have seen our environment destroyed, we have seen our
political dialogue polluted, and still we take it, and take it, and take
it. You know, being counter-cultural is more than a fashion statement. I
recall an obscure Chinese philosopher named Mao Tse Tung, who once said,
"The Revolution is not a dinner party!" Of course, he went on to say
it's an armed struggle, prosecuted by the forces of the people.
I don't think we're ready to call for armed struggle, but I think
it is time to call for "Hands Off The American Mind. GIVE US
BACK OUR MIND." The American mind is one of the most creative
minds in the world, and it is being confined, compromised, and sold down
the river by people who can't think of anything better to do with the
world than fabricate it into stupid products and sell it at twice its
natural worth." Terence McKenna -
Live at Fez